Leading Interdisciplinary Collaborations (LInC)
The Stanford Woods Institute is providing academic researchers the tools and perspectives to be effective agents of change through its Leading Interdisciplinary Collaborations (LInC) program.
LInC helps early- and mid-career faculty cross traditional boundaries, and collaborate with other researchers as well as networks of stakeholders on complex sustainability challenges. The program steeps early- and mid-career faculty in collective leadership, an approach that inverts traditional academic norms of one-way knowledge sharing.
Through a 3-day cohort retreat and recurring meetings, LInC creates an environment that allows fellows to :
- Deepen awareness of individual leadership style, identify areas for growth and development and create sustaining practices.
- Learn how to engage a group of people, and think together by asking questions and initiating dialogue.
- Use a framework and tools to diagnose and design systems that inspire innovative, creative and collaborative research projects.
- Create a personal development plan to practice leadership tools, and use them in a range of collaborations.
For more information about the program, read our fact sheet or contact Woods Institute Programs Director Brian Sharbono at sharbono [at] stanford.edu.
Meet our 2025 cohort of fellows and learn more about Collective Leadership in The Art and Science of Collaboration .
Related News and Resources
The Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment has selected a new cohort of 16 faculty members to participate in the institute’s Leading Interdisciplinary Collaborations (LInC) program.
Our inaugural cohort is piloted by faculty with a strong dedication to and clear results in leadership, outreach, and collaboration.
For solutions-oriented researchers, collaboration on and off campus is essential. Yet many scholars find traditional academic training hasn’t equipped them with the tools and perspectives needed to work across disciplines and sectors.